Car-lighting installation.



o. H. ANDERSON.

UAR LIGHTING INSTALLATION. APPLICATION vFILED APR. 16, 1910. I I

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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C. H. ANDERSON. GAR LIGHTING INSTALLATION. APPLloAujIoN FILED APE.16,1910.

9 68, 9 l 3 Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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` 203W; steel assenger coach (ofatype'shownl enanas Ht ANnERsoiv, or

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PATENTFFicE.- l

SEATTLE, WasnING'Toivj insrama'rron. a

- Application md Apri1 1e,"191o. seria; No; 555,796.V

son; a citizen of the United States, residing' at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Car-Lighting Instalf lation, of which the following is a specifi-y'. cation.- -i j My object Visl to ro "'ide improved support-g gA ing m'ea'ris for the i'ghts', andfparticularly' in'; candescent lamps, in passenger cars, which' will dispense -with th`e`necessity` of insulat! Vingstrips or wire-housing panels, and. the' like, contribute toward economy in the cost of installation of the car lights, andholdthe lamps in an out-of-tl1e-way:but particularly desirable position for the convenience of'the-A PSUgeTS 'Die invention is particularly applicable and: descr'l d-in Letters Patent granted to me December 14,1909, No.1 943,213 andjtla'n uary 18, 1910, No; 946,871,)fhaving awbody;i constructed without the usualclear-stpny, or fI uppertleck, and dispensing as far as possi-ble with "interiorfywood trimmings, with braced' v and-suspendedstrap-rails extending-over a'p 'proximatelythe centers of the seatsat opf posite sides olf a central longitudinal aisle.. $0-- In carryihg'out my invention Iform the strapyrails, so called, of'hollow tubes rov'ided at suitable intervals with lamp Asoc ets connected with insulatedl electric 'lightingwires extending within the tubes-1 ,.,I 'L

In thel drawmgswFigure 1 is a'broken longitudinal section of a steel car of 'my aforesaid patented construction and equipped with mypresent improvement; Fig. 2, anu enlarged broken section on line.2, .in Fig. 1, 40 and Fig. 3, an enlarged broken section of one of the .strap-rails showing the preferred way, of securing the lamp sockets. thereto.

' The car-body 4 is provided with-'a pair -of parallel longitudinally-extending i'ails 5 from which vstraps 6 may be suspended for.

the convenience of standing passengers. The rails areheldin suspended. position by rods 7 andl are braced by means'of rods 8, the said 'rodsconnecting `with sleeve-pieces 9 through which' the rails pass. In the present-instance' the fittings or sleeves 9 at oneH side carry arms 10 with perforations or eyes for'the'pa'ssage of a-ibell," or fare-register, l

Thef rafils '5v extendcentrally, or ISK-nearly Q.entra'l'l'y, over'sthe seats 12, which= latter are disposed in a common manner at.v

cord 11.

and adapted to.`se`at tw'o persons. "The rails li5 are hollow and may ,be formed Aof brass tn l'J'ng.` .At'suitable' intervals along its 'lengt-beach rail 5 is provided with perforati'ons' 13 and sleeve-pieces 14 each sleeve- :piece havingan opening 15, to register with boss 16v for the attachment of a socket-'17 v,for anincandescent electriclan'ip 18";` The insulated y current-conducting wires 19 are strung through the hollowrails and con- It isfdesiirable, of course, .that the-'currentout of the way and out of sighti; Thepresencumber the structure with wire-housing 'been usual.v Furthermore, the lamps, while 'held ina positionisuitablyout of the way, are disposed centrally or.,nearly centrally -over the seats distributing-light equally overs the latter for the gers.

ments throughout as v shown andf described,

combination of a .extending ngitudin'ally within the same series off electricdamp sockets secured to said rail, and an ,electric current-conducting -wire housedin said railand connected rwith the lamp sockets. I

nation 'with the car-body, of hollow strapgitudi'n'ally therein in elevated-.position and Hanking the longitudinal ycent'e ''thereof, upwardly :extending electric lamp sockets. secured-*to said` rails, and electric currents'connected with the lamp sockets.

In; presence 'v of- M: BESACHS,

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the perforation 18, surrounded by a threaded.

n ected at theperforations 13 with the lamp fsockets.

ent construction renders it unnecessary. to

75 insulating-strips or-panels, as 'has hitherto l I and.' desire-:to see'ilre4 byv Iietf -hollow strap-rail secnredtothe'car-body and in an'elevated position toward'one side, a

2. In arailwaypassenger car, the combi, 100 rails securedjto thecar-hody to extend lonL 'Spcification of Letters Patent-, dPaltnted-Augi-, 19,10.

iopposite sidesiofa central aisle of the car` .l A

conducting Wires for car lighting shall be'4 While prefer to construct my .iimprove- 'I ducting wires housed in said rails. and confY .8 0 convenience ofthe passen- 

